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author: peter poer

peter poer
peter helps make sure magoosh students have the best possible content. a proud arizona wildcat and teach for america alum, he worked as an instructional coach before getting an mba at berkeley’s haas school of business. he is passionate about student achievement and educational equity. also prime numbers. peter enjoys cooking, running (slowly), and going to bed comically early.

  • twenty things i wish i’d known before senior year

    this past week i was grabbing a smoothie with several soon-to-be seniors (boy, do i love unintentional alliteration). naturally, the topic of school came into conversation and, upon hearing their array of concerns, i was inspired to come up with this. so voila! here is an exceptionally lengthy and most certainly over-kill list of what…

  • do you actually learn anything prepping for the sat?

    many say that studying for the sat is not going to help them in anyway once the sat is over. and they’re right—if they want to work at dominos pizza until retirement. the sat, now more than ever, is testing stuff you will use in college (i assume that’s where you are headed). and the…

  • ways to make college financially feasible

    for many families, the thought of paying for a college education is stressful. if you are a high school junior/senior who feels stressed about college tuitions than this post is for you.